Guide to the Smelzer Family Papers,
1811-1941

Collection Number: 1184

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
B. Huth
Date completed:
March 1979
EAD encoding:
Peter M. Martinez, January 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Smelzer family papers, 1811-1941.
Collection Number:
1184
Creator:
Smelzer family
Quantity:
12 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Diaries, account books, broadsides, notes, legal documents
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Family and business correspondence; diaries, bills, notes, receipts; deeds and other legal documents; farm, general store, personal. church, and other accounts of various members of the Crisfield, Gulick, Hall, Halsey, Lott, Marsh, Miller, Mount, Sanford, Smelzer, Teeter, and Townsend families, chiefly of Seneca and Tompkins Counties; also included are a substantial compilation of genealogical data concerning the above families, numerous photographs, recipes, pamphlets, programs for church and social activities, broadsides, newspaper obituaries of Cornell professors and area residents, and other printed materials. Included are papers of and about E.P. Bodine, George Bristol, Ann Crisfield, John Crisfield, D.H. Denton, A.H. Dunbar, S.A. Elmore, Samuel Gulick, Calista Marsh Hall, Darius Hall, Martha Hall, Pliny Hall, Chauncey Halsey, J.H. Halsey, Emeline Marsh,J.W. Osgood, William Riley, Sanford O. Root, Emily Russell, Philip Smelzer, J.H. Stover, Gilbert Townsend, Jedediah Townsend.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Family and business correspondence; diaries, bills, notes, receipts; deeds and other legal documents; farm, general store, personal. church, and other accounts of various members of the Crisfield, Gulick, Hall, Halsey, Lott, Marsh, Miller, Mount, Sanford, Smelzer, Teeter, and Townsend families, chiefly of Seneca and Tompkins Counties; also included are a substantial compilation of genealogical data concerning the above families, numerous photographs, recipes, pamphlets, programs for church and social activities, broadsides, newspaper obituaries of Cornell professors and area residents, and other printed materials. Included are papers of and about E.P. Bodine, George Bristol, Ann Crisfield, John Crisfield, D.H. Denton, A.H. Dunbar, S.A. Elmore, Samuel Gulick, Calista Marsh Hall, Darius Hall, Martha Hall, Pliny Hall, Chauncey Halsey, J.H. Halsey, Emeline Marsh,J.W. Osgood, William Riley, Sanford O. Root, Emily Russell, Philip Smelzer, J.H. Stover, Gilbert Townsend, Jedediah Townsend.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bodine, E. P.
Bristol, George.
Crisfield family.
Crisfield, Ann.
Crisfield, John.
Denton, D. H.
Dunbar, A. H.
Elmore, S. A.
Gulick family.
Gulick, Samuel.
Hall family.
Hall, Calista Marsh.
Hall, Darius.
Hall, Martha.
Hall, Pliny.
Halsey family.
Halsey, Chauncey.
Halsey, J. H.
Lott family.
Marsh family.
Marsh, Emeline.
Miller family.
Mount family.
Osgood, J. W.
Riley, William.
Root, Sanford O.
Russell, Emily.
Sanford family.
Smelzer family.
Smelzer, Nellie,
Smelzer, Philip.
Stover, J. H.
Teeter family.
Townsend family.
Townsend, Gilbert.
Townsend, Jedediah.

Subjects:
Agriculture--Accounting.
Family--New York (State)--Tompkins County.
Family--New York (State)--Seneca County.
Farms--New York (State)--Tompkins County.
Farms--New York (State)--Seneca County.
Religious institutions--New York (State)--Tompkins County .
Religious institutions--New York (State)--Seneca County.

Places:
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Commerce.
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Genealogy.
Seneca County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Seneca County (N.Y.)--Commerce.
Seneca County (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
Seneca County (N.Y.)--Genealogy.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Account books.
Photographs.
Recipes.
Broadsides.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Smelzer family papers #1184. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
1884-1952 and undated correspondence
 Box 1
Identified photographs
 Box 2
1861-1883 correspondence
 Box 3
1811-1861 correspondence
 Box 4
P. Hall coupons, correspondence
 Box 5
Pliny Hall diaries, 1861-1899, 37 volumes
 Box 6
Printed materials and pamphlets
 Box 7
Scrapbook and miscellaneous legal documents
 Box 8
Smelzer genealogy
 Box 9
Includes Presbyterian Church records, Mecklenburg, N. Y. and 170 3"x5" cards with obituary notices
Smelzer diaries
 Box 10
Smelzer miscellany
 Box 11
Smelzer photographs
 Box 12
Printed material and invitations
 Box 13
Additional miscellaneous volumes
 Box 14
Smelzer identified photographs
 Box 15
Smelzer diaries
 Box 16
Store and Townsendville
 Box 17
Nine volumes, Townsend Store Accounts and Index, Townsendville Post Office transactions; Frances L. Bristol Grammar School records, 1898; Inventory of E. P. Davis' Lodi Center Store, Nov. 1, 1877; Treasurer's Report, Reformed Church, Lodi, 1891-1899
1 volume: Nellie Townsend Smelzer
 Box 18
16 volumes
 Box 19
Photographs
 Box 20
11 volumes
 Box 21
4 volumes
 Box 22
1 package: Martha Hall Herbarium (local wild flowers, mounted)
 Box 23
Photographs, unidentified: women and children
 Box 23a
Photographs, unidentified: women and children
 Box 24
Photographs, most unidentified: women and children
 Box 25
Photographs, tintypes, etc.: adults - Civil War soldiers (individual)
 Box 26
Photographs, most unidentified: women and children
 Box 27
Photographs, most unidentified: mostly men
 Box 28
Photographs, most unidentified: mostly men
 Box 29
Photographs, most unidentified: mostly men
 Box 30
Photographs, most unidentified: mostly women
 Box 31
Photographs, most unidentified: mostly women
 Box 32